Emma , i totally understand you there! ITs lovel that people offer but its very annoying when they keep offering constantly after you keeo saying no. I had people wanting to babysit Claire when she was only 1 week old, and I was just thinking, are you serious???? MIL kept telling me to go out for a few hours to have a break and she'll look after Claire... I was so not keen on it and then she kept going on and on about it to other people "i didnt get to babysit yet" , " i missed out on babysitting" etc - aRGH shut up! Just tell them you are not ready to leave her wth anyone else at the moment. I have only left Claire with my mum once while DH and i went out to dinner, It was only just over an hour and that was about 2 weeks ago. I'm like you - i just dont really have a desire to have someone else baby sit. Dont feel bad about saying no to people.